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stop criminalizing epilepsy
Wed, 02/03/2016 - 16:38looking to start the above campaign : stop criminalizing epilepsy. too many adults with epilepsy find themselves in jail/prison due to a seizure in public being interpreted as resisting arrest.etc. let alone the numerous AEDs that cause fits of rage,Keppra is notorious for doing so. the statistics are outrageous for the number of people in prison with epilepsy,their affliction having put them there. when are these bad drugs going to be taken off the market. i get the impression that they're used as a cattle prod so that adults with epilepsy will end up there. why else are there so few of us out and about when it is not so rare a condition.?
also when i heard the Sheriff
Submitted by 9liv3cat@gmail.com on Wed, 2016-02-10 - 11:47
also when i heard the Sheriff report on this i figured it was time to act. if someone has a tonic clonic(grand mal) seizure while shackled well it would make things worse,broken bones due to the restraints and SUDEP as well. the take down holds used to restrain criminals also a SUDEP risk.